Oldest Christian Monastery In Iraq Razed

Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State group's relentless destruction of heritage sites it considers heretical.

Check Out If Olive Oil Is Really Good For You

Is Olive Oil Really Good For Me?

Olive oil has long been suspected to be one of the keys to the so-called ‘French paradox’.

Despite the fact that the French smoke more than us, and eat the same high levels of saturated fat, they live longer than us and have low levels of coronary heart disease.

The ‘Mediterranean Diet’ is one popular explanation – and one part of that is a lot of olive oil.

HEADLINE NEWS FOR THURSDAY 21-01-2016

VANGUARD

*Oil price: Senators split over 2016 budget

*I've God's mandate to unite Yoruba race ' Ooni

*Sacked workers: Labour briefs Imo police boss

*ICPC to arraign ex-Zamfara gov today over alleged corrupt practices

Here are 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning

Here are 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning:

1.Report says a Boko Haram kingpin, Jarasu Shira, was on Wednesday morning arrested in Damboa, Borno State. Shira was said to have been arrested at a motor park at about 8.30am, along with 10 other suspected members of the group, who escorted him to Damboa to connect a vehicle to Biu enroute Lagos State.

Head Injury And Profuse Blood Loss: Denrele Falls During Movie Shoot

TV personality, Denrele Edun was on Monday involved in another

HEADLINE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY 20-01-2016

THE NATION

*Olubadan dies at 101

*Investor flees Nigeria after being paid N32b for vessels

*Ambode: Lagos crime rate drops by 65%

*Ex-Governor Sani to face trial for alleged N1 billion fraud

*Lassa fever patient flees hospital, says minister

Ughelli Govt College students suspended over homosexuality

GOVERNMENT College Ughelli, GCU, has suspended, indefinitely, three of its students for alleged involvement in homosexual activities.
This was disclosed yesterday during the reunion and Annual General Meeting of the Old Boys Association, GCOBA.

20 Silly Grammar Mistakes That Even Smart People Make

1. Prostrate cancer
It's an easy misspelling to make, just add an extra "r" and prostate cancer becomes "prostrate" cancer which would translate to "cancer of lying face down on the ground." Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Mayo Clinic websites include this misspelling.

2. First-come, first-serve
This would suggest that the first person to arrive has to serve all of the others. The actual phrase is "first-come, first-served" to indicate that the participants will be served in the order in which they arrived. Both Harvard and Yale got this one wrong.

Photos From The Fatal Accident In Enugu Yesterday

The accident between a tanker and a car occurred at Akwata road, Coal camp Enugu by 4pm Yesterday. Two school children died on the spot. Sad! See more photos after the cut...

Lassa Fever: FG Of Nigeria Confirms 212 Cases In 17 States



 

The Federal Government has confirmed 212 suspected cases of Lassa Fever in 64 Local government areas across 17 states in the country, even as it warned against a conspiracy of silence among the states of the federation.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Issac Adewole, who disclosed this, yesterday, in Abuja at the Emergency National Council on Health meeting with state Commissioners of Health and other stake- holders in the health sector, said the current out-break was a national embarrassment.